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City manager highlights grants, events and shoreline work in fourth-quarter report

South Padre Island City Council · January 21, 2026
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City Manager Randy Smith presented the fourth-quarter report highlighting staff training, grant-funded patrols and equipment, strong use of Island Metro, popularity of pickleball courts, museum and parking improvements, and shoreline projects including a planned boat ramp and a permitted water-sports operator.

City Manager Randy Smith presented the City Council with a fourth-quarter highlights report covering department activity, grants, equipment purchases and several capital and community initiatives.

Smith praised staff across 14 divisions for training and service, and highlighted grant activity that has supplemented local patrols and equipment purchases. He noted examples including Stone Garden and Lone Star grant-funded patrol activity and said the city…

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